Found this graphic novel while looking for books for the South East Asian Reading Challenge and since I haven’t read a graphic novel for the SEA Reading challenge before, I figured this would be fun. Martial Law Babies follows a group of friends who were born during the Marcos regime. There were quite a few… Read More Martial Law Babies by Arnold Arre
I’m currently typing this on my very cranky laptop that’s torturing me by suddenly hanging up (current forced restart count: 4). I don’t think I’ve hit save so often since school days! Luckily, I’ve been trying tea, which always puts me in a good mood. Today’s tea is a very special type of white tea… Read More Parchmen & Co.’s White Blossom
Since I’ve been reading about marketing and branding, I figured I’d read one more book that is also in my TBR list. Hit Makers is a look at how and why things go viral or become hits. Unlike the other two books, it’s not billed as a guide on how to brand yourself or why… Read More Hit Makers by Derek Thompson
I was browsing through the NLB app after reading Platform when I saw this. I figured that it was close enough, since Tribes is about influencing a group of people and Platform is about connecting to the right group of people, so I borrowed it. Recap: I’m reading about marketing because one of my job… Read More Tribes by Seth Godin
I’m not sure how I heard about this book, but apparently, I wanted to read it enough that I placed a hold for it at the library for when it publishes. On a separate note, how cool is it that Overdrive will let you place holds on books before they come out? Platform is supposed… Read More Platform by Cynthia Johnson
Recently, my company received a few tins of matcha, so we’ve been having matcha pretty much every day. I can’t drink too much, but since we’re sharing the matcha, I’ve been able to drink a little every day and you can’t believe how happy I am about it (of course, I have to drink water… Read More Much Ado about Matcha
I borrowed this book because it has a chapter on The Tale of Genji, but I have to give it credit for getting me to finally watch Grave of the Fireflies. If you’re like me and haven’t watched that movie, what are you waiting for? It’s a fantastic film and I cried buckets (even though… Read More Anime and the Art of Adaptation
I’ve read another book for the SEA Reading Challenge! I actually heard about this a while back but was a bit intimidated to pick it up because it’s supposed to be immensely important in the world of Filipino literature. So bear in mind that I’m writing this as an ordinary person who’s just trying to… Read More Noli Me Tangere by Jose Rizal
Happy Lunar New Year everyone! Hope you had a great festive season with family and plenty of feasting! I’ve been very happily eating lots of steamboat and catching up with extended members of the family (and spending some time reading and drinking tea, of course) I loved The Bear and the Nightingale and I thought… Read More The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden
I know I said no more teas for a while, but then I saw Kittea’s Year of the Pig tea and I was like “my gastric can’t get any worse”. Plus, this is a seasonal tea and I am such a sucker for seasonal items (living in Japan was so dangerous to my wallet). The… Read More Kittea’s Year of the Pig Tea
